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Point Pelee National Park

Spotlight on Shorebird ID

Nature
Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Location(s): Point Pelee National Park
Cost: Included with admission
Wheelchair Accessible

Location: Visitor Centre Theatre

This workshop covers 28 regularly occurring spring migrant and breeding shorebirds, plus 8 rarer species that migrate through southern Ontario to their Arctic breeding grounds. The focus will be on Point Pelee area shorebirds. This workshop is loaded with tips to sharpen identification skills, and you will increase your knowledge of shorebird molts, plumages and aging. Learn to identify shorebirds by using diagnostic field marks supplemented by jizz or giss - general impression of size and shape. Test your new knowledge by doing interactive shorebird quizzes. Find out the best spots to see shorebirds in spring.

Program provided by Quest Nature Tours.

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